A few good relics

by hayley on 21 August 2011

One of the things I love about Otago is its history. We’ve explored aspects of this in more detail on previous trips including mining remains and the rail trail. On this trip we only had time to revisit a few favourite places. This is a bit of a random assortment of some of the old stuff we came across. And no I don’t mean us…

Some of the backyard at the Cardrona Hotel

Walking through spectacular landscape created by gold sluicing

Remains of a building in Cromwell that was demolished prior to the flooding of Lake Dunstan

Demolished remains of a primary school on the shores of Lake Dunstan

Suspension bridge on the road into Ophir

Ophir has many original buildings from its days as a mining town

The old railway line was ripped up for the Central Otago Rail Trail - this is a section through the Ida Valley

The famous green Wedderburn railway goods shed with adjacent station and ticketing office

Hi…

I'm Hayley and I live in the beautiful city of Wellington NZ. Outside of my work as an IT programme manager I love to travel and exercise my creativity. This blog is a photo journal of my travel experiences, the big stuff and the small. Thanks for visiting!